Hairdresser to client: Hey… Um… Remember when I did your hair?
Client: Yeah?
Hairdresser: Wait, you were there, right?
Client: Yeah babe, I was there.
–Venice Beach, California
Hairdresser to client: Hey… Um… Remember when I did your hair?
Client: Yeah?
Hairdresser: Wait, you were there, right?
Client: Yeah babe, I was there.
–Venice Beach, California
40-something guy: That must be like an all-you-can-eat salad bar of STDs!
60-something guy: She’s a twin.
–Pancake House, Redondo Beach, California
Hobo, singing among crowd of people: Jingle bells, jingle bells, help me get drunk!
–Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: Just a Midwestern girl who's new in LA
Guy: If they try to get you to cook dinner, don't do it. That's how they try to control you.
–Redondo Beach, California
Bearded man #1: Alright, man, I'll see you later.
Bearded man #2: Yeah, see ya.
Bearded man #1: I'll come by your window later and whistle for you. No, I'll do a bird call. Kaw! Kaw!
Bearded man #2: Okay, man.
Bearded man: #1: I'm a crow! I'm a raven! I love birds!
Bearded man #2: Alright, man, I hear you!
–Santa Cruz, California
Overheard by: Likes birds too
Overweight, trashy lady: It’s not hanging out!
Trashy daughter: Mom, yes it is. You can’t wear that kind of suit.
Trashy lady: We just drove two hours to get here, the weather’s not that great, and I can wear a thong if I want to tan my ass whenever I want!
–Rio del Mar, Aptos, California
Overheard by: Melissa
Girl #1: Yeah, that is unless I morph into a…
Girl #2: (laughs)
Girl #1: What's so funny?
Girl #2: You said “morph,” it's a funny word.
Girl #1: Is it? I thought we both used it in everyday conversation.
Girl #2: Do we?
Girl #1: I don't know… (giggles) Morphs… It is a funny word!
Girl #2, laughing: Morphs!
–Hollywood, Florida
Overheard by: intelligent conversation..
Beach girl in group of people: Wait! Ellen DeGeneres is gay?! Since when?
–Long Beach, California
Overheard by: Colleen
Guy to another: I'm a man-loving man, man! Stop calling me a fag!
–Venice Beach, California
Overheard by: scrapes
Dude #1: So, whatever happened to that stripper you were dating?
Dude #2: It’s over. I think it’s a bad idea to date strippers. You realize there’s a good reason they’re strippers, then it fucks it up every time you go back. It’s like, you look at these hotties and imagine all the possibilities, but now, after dating enough strippers, you realize the possibilities include consoling her drunk ass as she cries about being abused as a child while she lines up another rail of coke, then tells you her secret fantasy is to see you get nailed in the ass by another dude!
Dude #1: I still want to date one.
Dude #2: … Yeah, they’re fun.
–LaHaina’s, Mission Beach, California
Overheard by: sean
